Franklin Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Powered-Lift Field
(formerly named "Outstanding VTOL Research" award)
Given to an individual or group for significant contribution to powered-lift technology (other than helicopters).
Franklin Award Recipients
- 2016: Multicopter UAS Wind Tunnel Test Team (Carl Russell, Jaewoo Jung, Gina Willink, Brett Glasner, Nili Gold, Steve Nance, Bruce Gesek, Bill Peneff, and Brian Chan)
- 2015:
- 2014: Army Advanced Design Office (Bruce Tenney, Mike Scully, Gerardo Nunez, Alex Moodie, Jeff Sinsay, Chris Silva, Robert Scott, Ernie Keen, Scott McMichael, Andrew Gallaher, Mac Dinning and Wayne Johnson)
- 2013: High Efficiency Tilt Rotor/Large Civil Tilt Rotor (HETR/LCTR) Wind Tunnel Test Team (Jeff Sinsay, Nili Gold, Ashley Pete, Alexander Amy, Gina Willink, and Colin Theodore)
- 2012: Kristina Jameson, Robert Fong, Craig Hange
- 2011: Carlos Malpica
- 2010: Wayne Johnson
- 2009: Chris Blanken and Bill Decker
- 2008: UH-60 LRTA/NFAC Check-out Test Team, led by Mark Betzina (USAF AEDC), Patrick Shinoda (Army AFDD), Thomas Norman (NASA) and Jeffrey Johnson (Jacobs Technology)
- 2007: Cecil W. Acree
- 2006:
- 2004/2005: Larry Young
- 2003:
- 2002: William S. Hindson
- 2001: James A. Franklin
- 2000: no award given (formerly named "Outstanding VTOL Research" award)
- 1999: no award given
- 1998: no award given
- 1997: no award given
- 1996: James A. Franklin
- 1995: John Foster, Ernesto Moralez III, Delamar Watson, Gordon Hardy
- 1994: James A. Franklin, Walter E. McNeill, William W.Y. Chung
- 1993: Larry Birckelbaw